Storm-sash fastener.



JOHN C. CLAPP, JR., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STORM-SASH FASTENER.

Application filed November 18, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. CLAPP, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Storm-Sash Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in fasteners for storm-sashes.

The object of the invention is to provide a device for attaching storm-sashes to a window-casing, having a member permanently aflixed to the window-casing in such a manner as not to interfere with the screen runs which are customarily mounted on the inside of said casing, said member being adapted to receive a screw or other securing-member which is passed through it for engagement with the storm sash.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a portion of a window-casing with one embodiment of the invention in position. Fig. 2 is a hori- Zontal section taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional front elevation of the fastener in position. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detail views of the anchorage member, Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view of a modified form of the invention.

As illustrated in said drawing the fastener comprises an anchorage member 10, which is preferably made of thin sheet metal, comprising a pair of wings 12, 14, which constitute a face-plate, or front wall, having countersunk screw holes 15, and a pair of laterally extending walls 16, 18 connected by a vertical wall 20. The walls 16, 18 and 20 form a trough-shaped passage, which is open at each end, and at the front, although its front opening may be omitted and a passage extended transversely with relation to the front plate still provided, which transverse passage is located back of the front plate and is designed particularly to receive a screw 46 by which the stormsash is held.

The lateral wall 18 is provided with a T- shaped slot 24, (see Fig. 6) through which a head 26 of a closure 28 is adapted to be passed, said head being connected to said closure by a narrow neck 27 and adapted to rest in depressions in the wall 18 at each side of the slot 24, so that when the closure is swung in either direction it will not be pushed along the T-slot 24, so as .to be dislodged from its proper position. The clo- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Serial No. 731,965.

sure 28 is intended to prevent the access of flies and mosquitos to the interior of the house when the storm-sash is removed.

The anchorage-member 10 is adapted to be set into the window-casing 34, so that the front faces of the wings 12 and 14 are flush with the inner edge or inside 35 of said casing, as shown in Fig. 1. This enables the 'customary screen-run 36' to be aflixed to this inner side of the windowcasing and extend over said front faces, being unbroken throughout it length. Furthermore, said screen-run may be permanently secured in position as it does not interfere with the securing-screw 46 of the storm-sash, nor does said screw interfere with the run.

The storm-sash 40 is preferably armored near each corner by an angle-plate 42, which protects this portion of the sash. The plate 42 is provided with a hole 44 through which the screw 46 is adapted to pass.

It will be observed by reference to Figs. 3, 4 and 6, that the walls 16, 18 and 20 forming the sides of the transverse passage are narrower than the front wall of the anchorage member as indicated at 45. This enables the securing member or screw 46 to enter the transverse passage of the anchorage member far enough to enable the outer face of the screw-head to occupy a position flush with the face of the casing 34, which is adjacent to the face 47 of the sash 48, when the storm-sash 40 is drawn up tightly by the screw. Thus the screw-head will not mar the window sash nor prevent it from sliding freely. The plate 42 is secured to the sash 40, preferably by means of screws 49. In this form of the invention the wood screw 46 is inserted through the transverse passage and through the hole 44, and screwed into the sash 40, the closure 28 being pushed aside to admit said screw. lVhen the screw is withdrawn, the closure assumes a vertical position across the passage, and closes it to prevent the entrance of flies and mosquitos.

As illustrated in Fig. 7, an angle-plate 50, may be provided, which is afiiXed to the sash 40, and a screw-threaded hole adapted to receive the threaded end of a bolt or screw 52. The anchorage-member 10 is constructed the same as described above. In this form the securing-screw is threaded into metal instead of into the wood of the sash, and the armor or angle-plate 50 may be made somewhat thicker than in the other form of the invention.

I claim l. A storm-sash fastener, comprising an anchorage-member having a front plate and a transverse passage back of said plate, said member being adapted to beset permanently into the outer casing of a window with the outer face of its front plate flush with the inner face of said casing so that a screen-run may permanently extend unbroken along this face of the casing and over the front-plate, and a securing-member for the Storm-sash adapted to be extended through said transverse passage back of the front plate, substantially as described.

2. A stermsa'sh fastener, eompi-isin an anchorage-member having a front plate and a transverse passage back of said plate, said ineinber being adapted to be set into the outer easing of a window with the outer face of its front plate flush with the inner face of said casing, so that a sereemun may permanently extend unbroken along this face of the casing and over the front plate, the walls of said passage being narrower than said front plate, and a screw adapted to beeXten'ded through said transverse passage back of the front plate with its head flush with the correspbnding face of said casing, substantially as described.

8. A storm-sash fastener, comprising an anchorage-member adapted to be affixed to the casing of a window, 'and adapted to receive a securing member which secures the storm-window sash against the windowcasing, and means for closing the anchorage-member against the passage of insects therethrough when the securing member is removed therefrom, substantially as described.

4. A storm-sash fastener, comprising a member adapted to be set into the outer casing of a window and provided with a transverse passage, and a closure pivotally supported by said member adapted to extend aeross said passage, substantially as described;

5-. A storm-sash fastener, comprising a front 'plate having a trough-shaped passage adapted to receive a securing member, and

a closure adapted to extend across said passage when said securing member is removed therefrom, substantially as described.

6. A storm-sash fastener, comprising a member adapted to be affixed to the outer casing of a Window, said member having a pair of wings separated by a transverse passage, a lateral wall on the rear of one of said wings provided With a T-shaped slot and depression, and a closure for said passage extending through said slot, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN C. CLAPP, Jr.

Witnesses:

B. J. Norms, H; B. DAVIS.

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Washington, D. c." 

